Tag: 1960s

Why doesn't 395 cut through Washington, DC? This is the history of highways in DC.

This photo was taken on March 31st, 1963. It shows the whole Kennedy clan happily spending some time together at Camp David. Caroline is...

Before the days of Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing, the term 'Beltway Bandit' was applied to the nefarious behavior of a common area...

Here's an interesting proposal for the Southside Freeway in Arlington, which never came to be. This graphic is from The Washington Post printed on October...

How cool is this find? We dug up this great old menu for the Willard Hotel's room service at Discover DC History. Click on...

This old photo is over 50 years old, showing what Rosslyn looked like from Georgetown in 1964. Source: Library of Congress

This photo of the Capitol Building from the 1960s is something you'll never see again. The Capitol Dome under construction and a lot of...

This photo is an aerial view of the Navy Yard just a couple of months before President Kennedy was assassinated. Source: National Museum of the...

Thanks to a tip from GoDCer John, we did some digging into the story of a soldier who disappeared from Ft. Myer in 1967....

This is a fascinating old photo from October 6th, 1965 at Arlington National Cemetery. The construction site shows what would eventually become JFK's gravesite,...

Here is some really sad and devastating film footage that we dug up showing the city after the riots of 1968.

Here is a series of amazing photos that we came across on Flickr showing the 1968 riots in D.C. We've posted some...

This is a story that is most likely unknown to the great majority of GoDCers. Long-time DC residents may remember the controversy...

We're way late on this, but better late than never. This is a terrific photo shared with by old GoDC friend Phil. Thanks for...

Here's a sad story that we dug up in The Washington Post from May 26th, 1969. An argument over a dog that bit a young boy...

Dulles Airport has an almost Mad Men like romanticism, even though these mobile lounges were a giant pain in the ass. The photo below...

As you all know, D.C. is one of the only cities (if not the lone city) without an interstate highway cutting through the heart...

It's not possible for one to argue that Columbia Heights has been catapulted to the epicenter of gentrification and real estate renaissance over the...

We received a great tweet from @capitolization a while ago and wanted to do a little digging into the history of the Golden Garter...

What an awesome photo. This was sent in by GoDCer Andy, from his Flickr collection. This is the building close to the White House,...

The car culture of America was in full force through the 1950s and 1960s. Sadly, many beautiful cities and neighborhoods were ruined as a...